How Miss Eastern Shore collects, uses, and protects the information you share with us. Last updated September 2026.
Miss Eastern Shore ("we", "us", or "our") operates misseasternshore.com. This policy explains what information we collect when you visit the site or submit a form, how we use it, and the choices you have.
When you submit our registration form, we collect the information needed to process your entry: your name, mailing address, email address, phone number, age division, and the documents you upload, such as contracts, identification, a headshot, and your community service essay. When you submit our contact or appearance request forms, we collect your name, email address, phone number, organization, and the details of your message or event.
We also collect limited technical information automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and referring site, through standard server logs and analytics cookies.
We use registration information to verify eligibility, communicate with contestants and their families, and administer the Miss Eastern Shore competition. Contestant information may be shared with the Miss Alabama and Miss America organizations as required for participation.
We use contact and appearance request information to respond to you and to coordinate events. We use analytics information to understand how the site is used and to improve it. We do not sell your personal information.
This site uses Google Analytics to collect anonymized usage statistics. Google Analytics sets cookies in your browser; you can decline cookies in your browser settings or install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. Our forms are protected by Google reCAPTCHA, which is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Photos and videos taken at Miss Eastern Shore events may be used on this website and on our social media channels to promote the competition. Contestants and families agree to this as part of the competition paperwork. If you would like a photo of yourself removed, contact us and we will do our best to help.
Pages on this site may include links to other websites, such as the Miss Alabama and Miss America organizations, our Facebook group, and donation platforms. Those sites have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them.
Registration information is kept for the duration of the competition year and as long as needed to meet the requirements of the Miss Alabama and Miss America organizations. Contact and appearance request submissions are kept until the request has been handled and for a reasonable period afterward for our records.
You may ask us what personal information we hold about you, request a correction, or ask us to delete it, except where we are required to keep it for competition administration. To make a request, email misseasternshore@gmail.com.
Miss Eastern Shore's Teen contestants are between 14 and 18 years old. Registration information for minors is submitted by, or with the consent of, a parent or guardian. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
Questions about this policy can be sent to misseasternshore@gmail.com. We may update this policy from time to time; the date at the top of the page shows when it was last revised.
